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of Japan are cities with populations of at least 200,000, and are delegated a subset of the functions delegated to core cities.
This category was established by the Local Autonomy Law, article 252 clause 26. They are designated by the Cabinet after a request by the city council and the prefectural assembly.

List

As of 2007, 44 cities have been designated as Special Cities. The following is categorized by date of designation. November 1, 2000

Matsumoto (Nagano Prefecture)

Morioka (Iwate Prefecture)

Numazu (Shizuoka Prefecture)

Odawara (Kanagawa Prefecture)

Yamato (Kanagawa Prefecture)

Yokkaichi (Mie Prefecture)

April 1, 2001

Amagasaki (Hyōgo Prefecture)

Fuji (Shizuoka Prefecture)

Hachinohe (Aomori Prefecture)

Hirakata (Osaka Prefecture)

Hiratsuka (Kanagawa Prefecture)

Ibaraki (Osaka Prefecture)

Kasugai (Aichi Prefecture)

Kawaguchi (Saitama Prefecture)

Kurume (Fukuoka Prefecture)

Maebashi (Gunma Prefecture)

Mito (Ibaraki Prefecture)

Neyagawa (Osaka Prefecture)

Ōtsu (Shiga Prefecture)

Sasebo (Nagasaki Prefecture)

Suita (Osaka Prefecture)

Takasaki (Gunma Prefecture)

Toyonaka (Osaka Prefecture)

Yamagata (Yamagata Prefecture)

Yao (Osaka Prefecture)

April 1, 2002

Akashi (Hyōgo Prefecture)

Atsugi (Kanagawa Prefecture)

Ichinomiya (Aichi Prefecture)

Kakogawa (Hyōgo Prefecture)

Kishiwada (Ōsaka Prefecture)

Tokorozawa (Saitama Prefecture)

April 1, 2003

Chigasaki (Kanagawa Prefecture)

Koshigaya (Saitama Prefecture)

Takarazuka (Hyōgo Prefecture)

April 1, 2004

Soka (Saitama Prefecture) October 1, 2005

Tottori (Tottori Prefecture) April 1, 2007

Isesaki, (Gunma Prefecture)

Joetsu (Niigata Prefecture)

Nagaoka (Niigata Prefecture)

Ōta (Gunma Prefecture)

Tsukuba (Ibaraki Prefecture)

Former special cities now core or designated cities

Hakodate, Hokkaidō Prefecture � Became a special city on November 1, 2000; achieved the status of Core city on October 1, 2005.

Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture � Became a special city on April 1, 2001; on April 1, 2003 the city merged with the old core city of Shizuoka to form the new core city of Shizuoka; achieved the status of designated city of April 1, 2005

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture � Became a special city of April 1, 2002; Redesignated on February 13, 2005 when the city merged with the former towns of Kikugawa, Toyota, Toyoura, and Hōhoku to form the new city of Shimonoseki; achieved the status of Core city in 2005.

Scheduled to become a special city

Cities that have the requirements but are not yet designated

The following cities have the population of more than 200,000 people but have not yet been designated (Scheduled to become a special city are not in this list)

Ageo (Saitama Prefecture)

Chofu (Tokyo)

Fuchu (Tokyo)

Fukushima (Fukushima Prefecture

Ichihara (Chiba Prefecture)

Kasukabe (Saitama Prefecture)

Saga (Saga Prefecture)

Tokushima (Tokushima Prefecture)

Tsu (Mie Prefecture)

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